| DRUGBARON | Sounds like Matt from the pub is taken in by gangster - the speed merchant (4,5) |
| RUGS | Sounds like Matt is going to ultimate barbers for local hairpieces (4) |
| RUNNERSUP | Sounds like Matt's at a wake for life's habitual losers who nearly struck gold (7-2) |
| ROBINHOOD | Bird joins local gangster - the merry one in The Lincoln? (5,4) |
| TENDON | Catch rising gangster - the one synonymous with The Muscle (6) |
| SCANDALS | 'Caught in Ocean-liner with Gangsters' - the headlines in the tabloids (8) |
| GAY | Like Matt Bomer and Lil Nas X |
| DARTBOARD | The last thing you want here in the pub is a double |
| ROUNDTRIP | Fall over after a few bevvies in jaunt to and from the pub? (5,4) |
| LOCALCALL | The buzz from the pub? (5,4) |
| ERNSTMACH | His unit measures speed merchants, flying (5,4) |
| LOOKALIKE | Double toilet for king and president invaded by gangster (9) |
| AUNATUREL | Posh character held by gangster naked |
| LUMBAR | Left with hesitation, the pub is in the lower back area (6) |
| DROPOFWHISKEY | Lead detective has new proof, as one of those in the pub is shot (4,2,7) |
| REPUBLIC | The pub is central to what became of Ireland in 1949. (8) |
| RACER | Champion in car is a speed merchant |
| ATTLEE | A speed merchant from Down Under despatching case of beer and ecstasy for old British skipper |
| WITHAL | Is accompanied by gangster, as a further factor in the past (6) |
| BARBARIC | To exclude from the pub, I see, is brutal! (8) |
